Former double World champion Casey Stoner was back on a MotoGP machine for the first time today (Tuesday 6 August) since retiring in November 2012. However, bad weather affected his return and the Honda development test at the Twin Ring Motegi in Tochigi, Japan.
The plan was for Stoner to re-familiarise himself with the 2013-spec RC213V machine in the morning and then test the 2014 prototype, as well as some other new components, in the afternoon.
Unfortunately, the rain came down after just 6 laps and put an end to testing for the day.
"It was good to get back on the bike, if only for a few laps!”
"We only managed to get one run in before the rain arrived which was a little disappointing,” Stoner said later.
" It was really nice to get that first run, it's been nine months since I've been on a bike and it's going to take me some time to get used to everything again! The bike and the track felt good and I hope that we can get some better testing in tomorrow, with some dry track time, and run some more laps"
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